Easter bank holiday: get out on the bike
Easter Monday. The season is open. After-work rides are back and the longer days mean bigger ideas. Whether it's a Yorkshire coast bikepacking trip, a family off-road adventure or a gravel burn through the Brecon Beacons — go.
An Easter bikepacking journey on the Yorkshire Coast Route
Imagine your own Easter bikepacking journey on Yorkshire's Cinder Track from Scarborough to Whitby. Explore coastal paths, enjoy scenic descents,...
A Bikepacking Overnighter
This is a Daring Deed from one of our Sonder team, Jack, from his bikepacking trip a few weeks back....
Off-Road Family Bikepacking
After a summer of nursery runs I decided to take Dadpacking to the next level. I plotted my young family's...
Cycling the Downs Link: A Scenic Bike Ride
Last October our Sonder rider Scott Swalling headed off for 180Kms+ loop of the Northdowns Way (NDW), King Alfreds Way...
Gravel Riding An Adventure Across the Brecon Beacons
Tom Warwick, one of our Sonder customer, wrote to us about a trip he did a few months back in...
Dirty Reiver Gravel Race: Event Guide and Riding Tips
We've been involved in the Reiver since it started, it's become such a mainstay in the calendar that its hard...
The electric gravel bike: go further, stay out longer
An e-gravel bike doesn't change the adventure — it extends it. Understand your range, plan the tour and decide whether you're going fast or far. The Sonder e-gravel range opens up rides you'd otherwise have to cut short.
The Long and Short of Mastering Gravel E-Bike Range
Electric car drivers discovered something unexpected when they switched from petrol: the game changed from miles-per-hour to miles-per-watt-hour, and managing...
Essential E-Bike Range Calculations and Tour Planning
Planning a multi-day bike tour is full of the anticipation of discovering new places, riding with friends and cementing experiences...
The Alternative Rider's Guide to E-Gravel: Going Fast, Not Far
Truth be told I was going to write about long, lonely hours in the saddle. Of slogs up inclines that...
Everything You Need To Know About Gravel Bikes
Gravel bikes seem to be all the rage right now. Maybe because they are. They’re the road bike’s fun younger...
Compare Gravel Race and Touring Bikes
In the dusty and gritty world of gravel biking, our journey extends from quiet winding paths to heart-pounding races. To...
Bikepacking, an Eco-Friendly Approach
Itzi Aldecoa Tamayo tells us about her recent trip to Barcelona, reflecting on her approach to being more eco-friendly when...
Cycle touring with the Sonder Santiago: load it and go
The Santiago was designed for exactly this — the season opening, the roads emptying out and a loaded bike heading somewhere worth going. From three-month tour setups to Iceland and the Camino de Santiago, these stories show what touring looks like when you mean it.
How to Choose a Bike for Cycle Touring
Touring bikes are a specific answer to a specific question: what do you ride when the trip is the point?...
How to Load Your Bike for Cycle Touring
You've booked the time. You've chosen the bike. Now comes the bit that most guides skip: how do you actually...
The Inaugural Tour of the Sonder Santiago
Friends of Alpkit, Rich Seipp and Grace Lambert-Smith, share a love of riding bikes for days at a time, so...
Sonder Santiago on Tour!
It's our classic touring bike, made using 100% recycled Reynolds 631 steel. It's not a bike for breaking records, but...
A setup for a three month cycle tour
When I first set my heart on a long distance cycle tour of Europe and Türkiye back in December 2024,...
Iceland: into the light
Having bikepacked from London to Australia, Sam Murray needed a new adventure to bring him out of the dark place...
Bike lights: be seen and see further
Longer days means more riding, but you'll still need lights for early starts and late finishes. From dynamo hubs for multi-day touring to handling a snapped chain or torn tyre mid-ride — the season is open and these guides keep you rolling.
Find out why the latest bike lights will give you the confidence to ride at night
High-power LED bike lights have profoundly changed our night riding experience. Advancements in LED and battery technology have made riding...
The Essential Guide to Dynamo Hubs
Putting a dynamo hub on your bike means you can power lights and charge your electronics wherever you go. Power...
Essential bike maintenance - How to deal with a broken rear derailleur whilst out riding
A broken rear derailleur my not mean an end to the ride. Removing the derailleur and splitting the chain so...
Essential bike maintenance - How to deal with a torn bike tyre whilst out riding
Torn tyres out on the trail may need mean a long walk home. With tyre levers, bicycle pump and £5...
Essential bike maintenance - How to deal with a snapped chain whilst out riding
There's no getting away from it: having your ride halted by a time-consuming mechanical is a extremely frustrating. But the...
Eight essential trailside skills for bikepacking and cycle touring
In this guide we'll cover eight essential trailside skills for bikepacking and cycle touring as well the essential kit to...
Camino stories: riding the route, finding the story
The Sonder Camino has a name and a reason. Emma Pooley, the North Pennines, the Camino de Santiago, a week alone with a loaded bike — the Camino inspires a particular kind of story. These are them.
Camino on the Camino
What’s my story? Well, I guess there are a few things to know about me which are relevant to this...
Ride Your Own Camino with Emma Pooley
In March 2020, when the true threat of the new corona virus became apparent across Europe, I was on holiday...
Gravel Riding in the North Pennines
This story was sent to us by Sonder Customer Phil Thomas, a very happy owner of a Sonder Camino. My...
Together and apart along the Camino
It was my third attempt at setting up camp that evening: the first thwarted by excessive winds, the second a...
A week with a Camino gravel bike
After being a city commuter cyclist for years, over the past few years I’ve discovered the joys of longer rides...
Alpkit Camino Ti making things possible
"Go Nice places, Ride nice things." - Andrew P Andrew got in touch with us after riding the Torino Nice...
